“Close lots of library locations on campus, or close fewer and see services reduced at most of the remaining locations. Faced with those options in light of a budget crunch, the faculty at the University of California at Berkeley aid no to both and set out to find alternative funding sources to save the library — all 25 locations. While the university’s main library complex, referred to as Doe/Moffitt, was never in danger, professors wanted to preserve the smaller reading spaces housing specialized collections — and the librarians who know them intimately.” (via Inside Higher Ed)

February 6, 2014Comments Off on Faculty win fight to preserve Berkeley librariesBerkeley